Mauricio Rua holds an inconsistent win-loss record, to say the least, but he believes he's only a couple wins away from a light heavyweight title fight.

“I believe so, but I can’t think about it," Rua told MMAFighting.com. "I only think about winning my next fight. I have to focus only on my next fight, and not my next ones. If I start thinking about my next three fights, I might lose focus on my next one."

While there's no doubting his past accomplishments as a fighter (only fighter to hold UFC and PRIDE titles) he hasn't won back-to-back fights since 2009, when he beat Chuck Liddell (remember him?) and Mark Coleman, both by TKO.

The Brazilian will headline the Nov. 8 UFC Fight Night card on Minas Gerais, Brazil when he takes on Jimi Manuwa, and he believes being at the top of the bill, in his homeland, is just the tonic he's hoping for to go and snag a title fight.

"I just want to win," Rua said. "I’m really happy to be doing another UFC main event. This is something that gives me an extra motivation. I’m really, really motivated."

No doubt he's feeling fresh because he's hasn't fought since March due to nose surgery for a deviated septum and he believes fixing the issue will go a long way in his performance

"I can breathe way better now. I hope it helps me during the fight as well," Rua said. "I had a huge deviated septum, and I believe I will be better after this surgery.”

He better be healed up because Manuwa is coming off his first UFC loss to Alexander Gustafsson in early March but prior to that he had strung together a 14-fight win streak, dating back to 2008.

"He likes to keep it standing and strike, and so do I," the light heavyweight said. "He’s a good fighter, so it’s going to be an interesting fight for the fans. He definitely deserves my respect, but I’m getting ready to win."

HISTORY MADE

Joe Warren made Bellator history on Saturday we he became the first in the promotions history to win two titles when he beat Eduardo Dantas for the bantamweight title at Bellator 128 in Thackerville, Okla.

Previously, Warren held the featherweight for over a year before relinquishing it on March 9, 2012.

Coming into the fight, Warren was the interim bantamweight title holder and he was looking to unify the belts with Dantas, who had held the title since April 2012.

“The key was heart,” Warren said in his post-fight interview. “I was just going to keep pushing until that bell rang. I take my hat off to Dantas. I‘m just honored to win another belt for Viacom and Spike. Thank you Bellator. …Watch me and watch out.”

Prior to the match, Warren and Dantas were involved in some serious war of words as Warren called him out as a 'runner.'

“Eduardo Dantas is a champion who's scared and runs away from competitors,” Warren said. “I've been trying to fight this guy for a long time now. He's a young kid -- what do you expect? Champions stand in there and defend their belts. Champions don't run. I just don't know if he'll be able to deal with the pressure I'm going to bring."

NO ‘STORY’ BOOK ENDING

Rick Story paid a hefty price for his split-decision win over Gunnar Nelson at UFC Fight Night 53 in Sweden.

The UFC welterweight had to undergo surgery following the victory to remove a bone fragment from his ankle.

"The (MRI) went fine. I actually went in today and just had the bone fragment surgically removed," Story told MMAFighting.com. "I’m still a little drowsy from anesthesia."

While there is no hard return date, Story is looking at half a year off his pins.

"I will know more with the follow up, (examination)” Story said. “But the ligament wasn’t attached, what the doctor said was six weeks before any kind of impact, such as running. But I will now more in the follow up."

Story (18-8) is on a two-fight winning streak with wins over Nelson and Leonardo Mafra. I guess Dantas couldn't after all.

MORE ‘MAYHEM’ FOR MILLER

For those not familiar with the incident, former MMA fighter Jason 'Mayhem' Miller was charged with three counts of alleged domestic violence, stalking and violation of a court order following a bizarre three-hour standoff with police, where Miller was live tweeting the event.

OK. Moving on.

But police also slapped Miller with an additional charge of obstruction/delaying a peace officer.

Miller last fought at UFC 146 in May of 2012.

QUICK HITS

Holly Holm will meet TUF 18 cast member Raquel Pennington at UFC 181 in December ... Paying no attention to Nick Diaz's legal trouble because, for today, he's not involved in another legal dust up. But the man isn't happy with his UFC salary. Diaz hasn't competed since last November over poor pay but relinquished on that to fight Rafael dos Anjos at UFC on FOX 13 in December. Is he happy now? “F--- no, we're not happy,' Diaz's manager Mike Cogan told Fight Hub. “Nobody said everything's OK. [Diaz] is back because he needs to fight. He needs to earn a living.”